Agentic Software · frontiersin.org · 1 min · today
Dru’s objection to the Trio no-AI quiz has a useful test: 124 Java beginners were randomized to use the *same ChatGPT*, either ad hoc or with a seven-week package of planning, verification, peer exchange and fading instructor support. Guided users scored higher on a blinded thinking rubric (+0.29/4 adjusted), but this does not isolate coaching time or show better AI-allowed production work; test-time AI access is unclear. Training can be an intervention, not just a caveat.
“Both groups used the same GenAI tool (ChatGPT) for their programming tasks.”